Search location by ZIP code

School, neighborhood evacuated after ammonia leak in Norton

An ammonia leak at a business in Norton on Thursday has prompted the evacuation of a neighborhood, including a nearby school.

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 5:50 PM EDT Apr 3, 2014

School, neighborhood evacuated after ammonia leak in Norton

An ammonia leak at a business in Norton on Thursday has prompted the evacuation of a neighborhood, including a nearby school.

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 5:50 PM EDT Apr 3, 2014

Hide TranscriptShow Transcript

WEBVTT THERE IS ALSO STRONG EVIDENCE THAT SPECIALIST IVAN LOPEZ WAS MENTALLY UNSTABLE. A HAZMAT SCARE AT A NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. STUDENTS EVACUATED WHEN THE STEESMELL OF AMMONIA DETECTED. EMERGENCY RESPONDSER RUSHED IN BEFORE A.M. OBSERVED A NOTICEABLE PLUME IN THE AIR AND DETERMINED IT TO BE AN AMMONIA LEAK. A TOXIC VAPOR CLOUD OF AMMONIA GAS THREATENED RESTRICTION AND A SCHOOL. MORE THAN A DOZEN WORKERS WERE FORCED TO BE EVACUATED ALSO. A COLD STORAGE SECTION OF THE BUILDING THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. THE ODOR IS SO PUNGENT THAT PEOPLE SMELL THE ODOR AND FEEL SICK FROM THE ODOR LONG BEFORE THEY ARE IN ANY DANGER. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCIENCE FAIR AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE DOING STUFF AND TELLING US TO PACK UP OUR STUFF AND LEAVE. EVERYTHING WAS ORDERLY. THERE WAS NO PANIC. MANY IMMEDIATELY SAW A SILL VIR LINING. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT MISSING SCHOOL TODAY? IT IS REALLY AWESOME. THE LEAK STOPPED AS MYSTERIOUSLY AS IT START. IT WAS HAVE A VALVE. WHY THE RELEASE CAME WHEN IT DID HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. CREWS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING